By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n
In a bid to end the spate of insecurity in parts of the country,Stakeholders within the North Central geopolitical zone, has demanded for the review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to enhance the creation of the state Police.<\/p>\n
The stakeholders argued that given the magnitude of insecurity ravaging the nation for years, it is important to consider creation of state Police which in turn enable state governors the opportunity to man their own security architecture in tandem with the global based practice. <\/p>\n
They also acknowledged that the current Nigeria security settings is over stretched, hence the need to create other modalities in addressing the menace of insecurity.<\/p>\n
The stakeholders made their position known in a memoranda submitted during a one day North Central zonal public hearing on national security summit, held on Thursday at Crispan suites and event centre, Rayfield, Jos.<\/p>\n
Recall that the stakeholders engagement was organised by the Nigeria 10th Senate ad-hoc committee on national security summit in collaboration with the Plateau State Government.<\/p>\n
Senate minority leader, Abba Patrick Moro who doubled as chairman and leader of the delegation, confirmed the public hearing has been organized in line with the legislative agenda of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. <\/p>\n
“It stems from the recognition that the legislative process is inclusive by nature and geared toward collective decision-making for the common good. This inclusivity remains one of the defining features that distinguish democracy from other forms of governance.<\/p>\n
“Today’s engagement serves as an instrument for broad consultation\u2014designed to gather diverse views and perspectives on the complex security challenges confronting our nation. When you traverse both rural and urban landscapes across Nigeria, the evidence of insecurity is pervasive and deeply troubling. <\/p>\n
“National news headlines are now dominated by stories of persistent insurgency in the Northeast, militancy in the Niger Delta, banditry, farmer\u2013herder clashes, communal conflicts, kidnapping, terrorism, and destruction of farmlands across the Northwest, North Central, and other regions.<\/p>\n
“This summit is therefore an affirmation of the seriousness with which the National Assembly approaches its constitutional mandate to safeguard lives, property, peace, and prosperity through lawmaking and other legislative interventions. We recognize that no security architecture can succeed without understanding local dynamics and unique community-based realities.<\/p>\n
“Our security challenges are rooted in factors such as economic deprivation, porous borders, proliferation of arms, environmental degradation, youth unemployment, weak governance structures, and in some cases, unresolved historical grievances”, Senator Moro stated.<\/p>\n
Governor Caleb Mutfwang, represented by his deputy, Ngo Josephine Piyo said, this hearing could not have come at a better time than now, given the ongoing national conversation on the unacceptable levels of insecurity in our great country.<\/p>\n
“We in Plateau State have had our fair share of these terrible occurrences which have left a trail of deaths and destruction. As a country, Nigeria is forced to come to terms with the realities of insurgency and terror in terms of their emergence dynamics and changing patterns, representing the single most potent threat to both human and national security in Nigeria.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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